Glenn "Tiny" Hartranft, BIRTH3 Dec 1901 Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA
DEATH12 Aug 1970 (aged 68) San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA BURIAL Cedar Hill Cemetery Oakland, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
BIO: His formal name is Samuel Glenn Hartranft, but he went by Glenn Hartranft. 1924 American shot-put Olympian and men's discus world record holder 1925-26. Although his Olympic honors came in the shot (silver medalist in the shot-put, sixth place in the discus), Tiny Hartranft was equally successful with the discus. While at Stanford University, he scored a shot/ discus double championships at the ICAAAA national track and field championship meet in 1922 and 1924. In winning the 1924 discus, he threw 158-1⅛ (48.18) that bettered the existing world record but was not ratified "because of a high wind." However, he set an official world record the following year of 157-1⅝ (47.89). In the 1924 Olympic discus, he only placed sixth with a throw some 20 feet below his best. He competed in track and field for Stanford 1922-1925 and was a significant reason Stanford captured its first-ever NCAA team championship in 1925. He also played football for Stanford in his freshman year but was sidelined for academic deficiency, as was almost the entire team, and the football team was banned from competing the next school year. At six feet three inches and 192 pounds, he was a fast runner on the squad. Hartranft later became the head football coach at San Jose State University (1942-1946) and the school's baseball head coach (1944-1945).

submitted by Mark Strait, FUHS 1977